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12 funders with a record of paying for “speed”
Where the money went The Chicago Community Trust → Climate Imperative Foundation: $60M across 3 grants, latest 2022 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $4.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of → Speed Art Museum: $4.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024 James Graham Brown Foundation Inc → J B Speed Art Museum: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic → Speed Art Museum: $959K across 13 grants, latest 2023 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Friends of the Underline Inc: $840K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → New Venture Fund: $815K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found → Speed Art Museum: $431K across 9 grants, latest 2023 Brown-Forman Foundation → Speed Art Museum: $325K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc → Speed Art Museum: $258K across 8 grants, latest 2023 Hillman Family Foundations → Nyu Tisch School of the Arts: $80K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Research Corporation Dba Research → University of Michigan: $70K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Conservation X Labs Inc: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 John S and James L Knight Foundation → North End Woodward Community Coalition: $750K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Jb Speed Art Museum: $500K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Brown-Forman Foundation → Speed Art Museum: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → High Speed Rail Alliance Inc: $131K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Research Corporation Dba Research → University of Michigan: $64K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Regents of the University of Colorado: $638K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Realside Productions Inc: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Research Corporation Dba Research → Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Brown-Forman Foundation → J B Speed Art Museum: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John S and James L Knight Foundation → San Jose State University Research Foundation: $42K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Regents of the University of California: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University of Rochester: $487K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ: $303K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Research Corporation Dba Research → University of North Carolina at Charlotte: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Research Corporation Dba Research → Mcgill University: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Research Corporation Dba Research → University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Research Corporation Dba Research → University of California Los Angeles: $55K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Research Corporation Dba Research → Vanderbilt University: $54K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Research Corporation Dba Research → Pennsylvania State University: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Research Corporation Dba Research → Pennsylvania State University: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust: $60M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $60M Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $8.8M on this topic. Open the funder. Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo… $8.8M The Community Foundation of: $4.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Community Foundation of $4.1M John S and James L Knight Foundation: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder. John S and James L Knight Fou… $1.6M The Ford Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $1.4M James Graham Brown Foundation Inc: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. James Graham Brown Foundation… $1.0M The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic: $959K on this topic. Open the funder. The Brooke Brown Barzun Phila… $959K Brown-Forman Foundation: $525K on this topic. Open the funder. Brown-Forman Foundation $525K Research Corporation Dba Research: $513K on this topic. Open the funder. Research Corporation Dba Rese… $513K The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Found: $431K on this topic. Open the funder. The Owsley Brown III Philanth… $431K Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc: $258K on this topic. Open the funder. Sociable Weaver Foundation Inc $258K Hillman Family Foundations: $80K on this topic. Open the funder. Hillman Family Foundations $80K Climate Imperative Foundation: received $60M on this topic Climate Imperative Foundation $60M Speed Art Museum: received $5.9M on this topic Speed Art Museum $5.9M Smithsonian Institution: received $4.9M on this topic Smithsonian Institution $4.9M Conservation X Labs Inc: received $2.0M on this topic Conservation X Labs Inc $2.0M J B Speed Art Museum: received $1.1M on this topic J B Speed Art Museum $1.1M Friends of the Underline Inc: received $840K on this topic Friends of the Underline Inc $840K New Venture Fund: received $815K on this topic New Venture Fund $815K North End Woodward Community Coalition: received $750K on this topic North End Woodward Community Co… $750K Regents of the University of Colorado: received $638K on this topic Regents of the University of Co… $638K Jb Speed Art Museum: received $500K on this topic Jb Speed Art Museum $500K Regents of the University of California: received $500K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $500K University of Rochester: received $487K on this topic University of Rochester $487K Speed Art Museum: received $325K on this topic Speed Art Museum $325K The Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ: received $303K on this topic The Board of Trustees - Leland… $303K High Speed Rail Alliance Inc: received $131K on this topic High Speed Rail Alliance Inc $131K Nyu Tisch School of the Arts: received $80K on this topic Nyu Tisch School of the Arts $80K Realside Productions Inc: received $75K on this topic Realside Productions Inc $75K University of Michigan: received $70K on this topic University of Michigan $70K University of Michigan: received $64K on this topic University of Michigan $64K Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: received $55K on this topic Virginia Polytechnic Institute… $55K University of North Carolina at Charlotte: received $55K on this topic University of North Carolina at… $55K Mcgill University: received $55K on this topic Mcgill University $55K University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: received $55K on this topic University of Illinois Urbana-C… $55K University of California Los Angeles: received $55K on this topic University of California Los An… $55K Vanderbilt University: received $54K on this topic Vanderbilt University $54K San Jose State University Research Foundation: received $42K on this topic San Jose State University Resea… $42K Pennsylvania State University: received $40K on this topic Pennsylvania State University $40K Pennsylvania State University: received $10K on this topic Pennsylvania State University $10K 12 funders, 28 recipients, grants matching “speed” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $63,727 to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — discovering how rna epigenomic modifications impact flavivirus replication speed and fidelity
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Largest: $2.0M to CONSERVATION X LABS INC — in support of developing empirically validated multimodal and autonomous ai models that will accelerate the speed and scale of scientific research.
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Largest: $250,000 to SPEED ART MUSEUM — restricted support
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Largest: $41,515 to SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION — to conduct secondary research on best practices of emergency management organizations with an eye to changes that would better accommodate the rise and speed of social media when r…
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Largest: $115,763 to SPEED ART MUSEUM — restricted support - stock contribution (see attached information)
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Largest: $300,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — core support for next-century cities, a city-to-city coalition, to advance local access to affordable, high-speed broadband access as essential infrastructure for the economic and …
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Largest: $20.0M to Climate Imperative Foundation — to support climate imperative's work to cut emissions at speed and scale
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Largest: $100,000 to SPEED ART MUSEUM — restricted support
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Largest: $500,000 to J B SPEED ART MUSEUM — speed art park
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Largest: $150,000 to SPEED ART MUSEUM — free owsley sundays | title one school field trips
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Largest: $2.0M to SPEED ART MUSEUM — a51 art museums
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Largest: $20,000 to NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS — speed of fun scholarship at nyu tisch school of the arts
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